An Amazon Web Services executive said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that nearly 4 in 10 European startups, and over half of the fastest-growing ones, have told the company that they would consider leaving the region to scale, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 21). “Startups say to us...
Amazon is reportedly in discussions to purchase artificial intelligence startup Decart in a roughly $7 billion deal. That’s according to a report Sunday (Oct. 11) by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing sources familiar with the matter. Those sources say a deal could come together...
Mirendil, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise new funding at a $5 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Kleiner Perkins is in talks to lead the round, which could bring in up to...
The rise of Chinese open-weight artificial intelligence models has American startups racing to build counterparts. But as The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Aug. 2), these companies have begun to run into a roadblock: a lack of interest from venture capital (VC) investors. “Every...
May 13, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon herald the biggest internet shake-up since dial-up gave way to WiFi. With Perplexity AI in talks to reach a $14 billion valuation as it seeks to launch its own browser, Comet, to compete with tech giants like Google, AI might already be poised to do to traditional internet and information […]
July 11, 2024
High interest rates usually spell trouble for venture capital (VC) firms. But with a hot hand to play like AI and cybersecurity, and a shrewd evaluation strategy for potential investments,...
October 22, 2026
OpenAI is close to finalizing a funding round in which it could raise as much as $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, CNBC reported Thursday (Oct. 22), citing unnamed sources. OpenAI told investors Thursday that it aims to secure signatures by the end of next week, though the final size of the round […]
October 21, 2026
An Amazon Web Services executive said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that nearly 4 in 10 European startups, and over half of the fastest-growing ones, have told the company that they would...
October 11, 2026
Amazon is reportedly in discussions to purchase artificial intelligence startup Decart in a roughly $7 billion deal. That’s according to a report Sunday (Oct. 11) by The Wall Street Journal...
September 22, 2026
Mirendil, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise new funding at a $5 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter....